completism

One is completism: the desire to experience the full shape of a complex narrative.

Television re-runs: only 235 episodes to go | Mark Lawson 2011

So the phenomenon of completism in TV is partly a response to being finally able to reflect on a story from its end.

Television re-runs: only 235 episodes to go | Mark Lawson 2011

There's a get-the-whole-set completism to the book, as if the authors, in lieu of obsessively collecting Rembrandts, had decided to obsessively collect anecdotes of Rembrandt larceny.

The Artlessness Of Art Thieves Benjamin Wallace 2011

Not because they're a fan of LKH, I mean, but because they have that peculiar aspect of the fan mentality which is all about devotion, loyalty, completism, continuity dependency, mythos immersion.

The Dufus Dollar Hal Duncan 2007

In terms of that great burden that a lot of us long-timers bear, completism, the decisions become a little harder.

Line-By-Line: Trimming the Pull List 2009

Not because they're a fan of LKH, I mean, but because they have that peculiar aspect of the fan mentality which is all about devotion, loyalty, completism, continuity dependency, mythos immersion.

Archive 2007-01-01 Hal Duncan 2007

I find it harder and harder to justify completism.

Archive 2009-07-01 Patrick J. Smith 2009

I find it harder and harder to justify completism.

That loving feeling Patrick J. Smith 2009

But for most newspaper editors, he remains like that lovable and incredibly intelligent Marxist history professor from college, whose ideas leave a lasting imprint but whose total philosophy reeks of a certain simple-minded completism.

The Web Guru 2008

But for most newspaper editors, he remains like that lovable and incredibly intelligent Marxist history professor from college, whose ideas leave a lasting imprint but whose total philosophy reeks of a certain simple-minded completism.

The Web Guru 2008